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by Shiya Ribowsky


  Lutnick, Edie

  Lutnick, Gary

  Lutnick, Howard

  Lynch, Michael Francis, multiple identifications of

  magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans

  Maimonides

  manner of death

  autopsy and

  hospital deaths and

  suicides and

  vehicular deaths and

  World Trade Center death certificates and

  mass disasters, types of

  McFall, Tommy, American Airlines and

  McKeel, Kenny

  Medicaid

  medical doctor (MD), compared to physician assistant

  Medical Examiner and Coroner Alert Program (MECAP)

  medical examiner(s) (ME):

  autopsy and

  court testimony and

  crime scene and

  grief and

  improper death certificates and

  medicolegal investigators and

  multiple gunshots and

  office of

  physician assistants and

  portrayal of

  squad

  World Trade Center and

  medical records unit, as department at Office of Chief Medical Examiner

  Medicare

  medicolegal investigator(s) (MLI)

  court testimony and

  crime scene and

  families and

  levels of

  loss rate of

  medical examiners and

  overtime scandal and

  physician assistants as

  police acceptance of

  postmortem predictions by

  training of

  cops providing

  experiences/lessons during

  scheduling of

  triage of cases and

  World Trade Center and

  Memorial Park, family visits to

  Metzger, Don

  Meyers, Jimmie

  misdemeanor homicide, Homicide: Life on the Street and

  missing person list:

  fraud and

  members/participants of

  reported missing versus confirmed dead on

  tracking number(s) of

  unidentified victims on

  mummification

  Mundorff, Amy

  family organization meetings and

  resignation of

  Munoz, Al

  My Cousin Vinny

  myosin, rigor mortis and

  Natali, Tammie

  National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), American Airlines Flight 587 and

  natural death

  neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

  New York Bar Association, nonphysical remains death certificate and

  New York University Hospital

  department of forensic medicine of

  nonphysical remains death certificate:

  cooperation of agencies and

  number issued and

  World Trade Center and

  Nosair, Sayyid

  not-yet interviews, World Trade Center families and

  nuclear streaming

  NYPD, see police department

  Odormatt, John

  Office of Corporation Counsel (Law Department):

  L tracking number and

  nonphysical remains death certificate and

  Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York (OCME)

  appreciation ceremony for

  culture of

  death certificates and

  departments/functions within

  DNA lab of

  embezzlement case within

  end of World Trade Center identification effort

  as New York University department of forensic medicine

  Orbach, Jerry, Law & Order and

  Orthodox Jewish community:

  censorship in

  traditions of

  overtime scandal, medicolegal investigators and

  Owens, Patrick

  Pataki, George

  personal (P) number, from Family Assistance Center

  physical remains death certificate, World Trade Center and

  physician assistant (PA):

  description of

  experiences as

  medical doctors and

  as medicolegal investigators

  training of

  Pier 92, Emergency Operations Center and

  Pier 94, Family Assistance Center and

  podiatric X-ray, identification and

  police department (NYPD):

  acceptance of medicolegal investigators by

  departments of:

  Accident Investigation Squad

  Crime Scene Unit

  Homicide Unit

  Missing Persons Unit

  mind-set about homicide and

  rescue and recovery effort and

  rookie, dead bodies and

  World Trade Center and:

  DNA collection and

  family organizations and

  London memorial service after

  recovery effort after

  separation of service and civilian bodies after

  Positano, Rock, podiatric X-ray and

  post-identification interviews:

  Authorization to Release form and

  World Trade Center families and

  postmortem information:

  antemortem information and

  collection of

  postmortem interval (PMI):

  body-related changes:

  algor mortis and

  insects and

  livor mortis and

  rigor mortis and

  crime scene and

  non-body-related clues to

  predictions by medicolegal investigators of

  timeframe, establishing

  public health statistics, death certificates influencing

  putrefaction

  Quincy

  Quinlan, Jerry

  radio-mounted patrol car (RMP)

  recovery, change from rescue

  Reported Missing (RM) number, as main tracking number

  rescue and recovery searches, police and fire departments and

  Ribowsky, Shiya:

  personal background

  as cantor

  documentary participation of

  Law & Order and

  marriage(s) and

  professional background

  illness due to overwork and

  Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and

  physician assistant, experience as

  recollections of:

  babies in bottles

  big bones at pizzeria

  court testimonies

  headless body

  hospital deaths

  multiple gunshot (trouble in the band) homicide

  mummified skeleton in closet

  new father’s (box of diapers) homicide

  overtime scandal

  seventeenth-century bone dig

  suicides

  sunbather

  triple daylight (stairwell and sidewalk) homicide

  undercover work of

  see also death scenes

  rigor mortis

  bodies exhibiting

  fibers in

  legend of

  Sagan, Carl

  Santora, Christopher, incorrectly identified body of

  Savino, Joe, overtime scandal and

  scene deaths, compared to hospital deaths

  Schwartz, Steve, vital statistics office and

  Scoppeta, Nick

  Shaler, Robert:

  American Airlines Flight crash

  antemortem DNA and

  closing of World Trade Center site and

  family organizations, meeting with

  Office of Chief Medical Examiner’s DNA lab and

  Shepardson, Tom:

  Disaster Mortuary Operational and Rescue Team and

  family meetings and


  shiva

  shored exit, gunshot and

  shtetl

  St. Johns Hospital

  Staten Island, Fresh Kills

  Stein, Sidney

  Steinbeck, John, The Pearl and

  stippling

  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS):

  cases with

  questionnaire about

  suicide(s):

  death scenes with

  Final Exit and

  manner of death and

  rate of

  Sullivan, Katie

  family organizations and

  Incident Command Center and

  resignation of

  Surrogate Court, nonphysical

  remains death certificate and

  tallis

  Telephone (T) number, from police

  The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

  Thompson, Tommy

  tour doctor

  tracking numbers for World Trade Center:

  Reported Missing (RM) number and

  DM number

  DX number

  L number, from Law Department

  P number, from Family Assistance Center

  T number, from police department

  training:

  medicolegal investigators

  classroom and field experience

  Flomenbaum, Mark and

  Mundorff, Amy and

  USAir Flight 405, description of

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  Ullah, Naeem

  unnatural death

  vehicular death/homicide, Accident Investigation Squad and

  Victim Identification Profile

  Victims Compensation Board

  vital statistics office

  voir dire, court testimony and

  Weiner, Jeff and Heidi

  World Trade Center:

  American Airlines Flight 587 crash and

  anti-Semitism and

  closing recovery site of

  dealing with mass casualties like

  computerizing information

  helped offered

  paperwork

  triage and

  death certificates and

  Disaster Manhattan (DM) number

  DX number

  families of:

  not-yet interviews and

  post-identification interviews and

  Family Assistance Center for

  family counseling at

  fraud and

  funds for victims of

  identification effort and

  antemortem and postmortem information

  DNA and

  cost of

  end of

  meeting with family organizations about

  speakers at

  mistakes made in

  process/stations used in

  separation of service and civilian bodies during

  tracking numbers used for

  unidentified victims and

  Incident Command Center of:

  functions of

  developing missing persons list

  developing special family interaction unit

  gathering postmortem information

  issuing nonphysical remains death certificates

  processing antemortem information

  initial impressions of attack on

  rescue versus recovery and

  wounds, gunshot

  yarmulke

  yeshivot

  Yiddishe

  Yom Kippur

  ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  SHIYA RIBOWSKY is the former director of special projects at the New York City Medical Examiner's Office. He is one of America's most experienced medicolegal investigators. Also the forensics consultant to TV's Law & Order, he lives on Long Island, New York.

  TOM SHACHTMAN is the author of numerous books, including Rumspringa: To Be or Not To Be Amish and Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold, and coauthor of the bestsellers by Robert Ressler. He lives in Connecticut.

  To receive notice of author events and new books by Shiya Ribowsky and Tom Shachtman, sign up at www.authortracker.com.

  COPYRIGHT

  To preserve their anonymity, we have changed the names of some individuals and modified identifying features, including physical descriptions and occupations of other individuals. In some cases, composite characters have been created or timelines have been compressed, to further preserve privacy and to maintain narrative flow. The goal in all cases was to protect people’s privacy without damaging the integrity of the story.

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  Microsoft Reader September 2006 ISBN 0-06-120641-5

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for.

  ISBN 10: 0-06-111624-6

  ISBN 13: 978-0-06-111624-7

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